Adolfo Díaz
Adolfo Díaz Recinos | |
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President of Nicaragua | |
In office 14 November 1926 – 1 January 1929 | |
Vice President | Vacant |
Preceded by | Sebastián Uriza |
Succeeded by | José María Moncada |
In office 9 May 1911 – 1 January 1917 | |
Vice President | Fernando Solórzano |
Preceded by | Juan José Estrada |
Succeeded by | Emiliano Chamorro Vargas |
Vice President of Nicaragua | |
In office 29 August 1910 – 9 May 1911 | |
President | Juan José Estrada |
Preceded by | Office Reestablished |
Succeeded by | Fernando Solórzano |
Personal details | |
Born | Alajuela,Costa Rica | 15 July 1875
Died | 29 January 1964 San José,Costa Rica | (aged 88)
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | Politician |
Adolfo Díaz Recinos(15 July 1875 inAlajuela,Costa Rica– 29 January 1964 inSan José, Costa Rica) served as thePresident of Nicaraguabetween 9 May 1911 and 1 January 1917 and again between 14 November 1926 and 1 January 1929.[1]Born in Costa Rica toNicaraguanparents in 1875, he worked as a secretary for the La Luz y Los Angeles Mining Company, an American company chartered inDelawarethat owned the large gold mines aroundSiunain eastern Nicaragua. In this capacity, he helped channel funds to the revolt against Liberal PresidentJosé Santos Zelaya,who had incurred the anger of the United States by negotiating withGermanyandJapanto resurrect the proposedNicaragua Canal.
Díaz became Vice President of Nicaragua in 1910.[2]After he became president in 1911, Díaz was forced to rely on U.S. Marines to put down a Liberal revolt, which resulted in a contingent of Marines remaining inNicaraguafor over a decade. In return, in 1914, he signed theBryan–Chamorro Treaty,which granted the United States exclusive rights to build an inter-oceanic canal across Nicaragua.
After his term as president ended, Díaz briefly lived in the United States. However, he returned to the presidency in 1926, after a coup by GeneralEmiliano Chamorro(following the withdrawal of the Marines) failed to win U.S. support. During his second term as president, another Liberal revolt occurred. The Liberal forces were on the verge of seizingManaguawhen the U.S. forced the warring parties to accept a power-sharing agreement, theEspino Negro accord.One Liberal commander,Augusto Sandino,rejected the agreement and waged a guerrilla war against the U.S. Marines, who remained in the country to prop up Díaz's government and enforce the Espino Negro accord. In 1928, after elections supervised by the Marines, Díaz was replaced as president by former Liberal GeneralJosé Maria Moncada.Afterwards, he acquired control of several of Nicaragua's gold mines, which had been destroyed during raids by Sandino's forces. He unsuccessfully tried to restore mining operations for the La Luz Company, until they sold their holdings to the Nevada-based Tonopah Mining Company.
In 1936, afterAnastasio Somoza Garcíaseized power, Díaz took up permanent residency in the United States. He lived in the U.S. for more than a decade, primarily inNew York Citybut also inMiamiandNew Orleans,before moving toCosta Rica,where he died in 1964.
References
[edit]- ^"Gobernantes de Nicaragua".Ministerio de Educación. 9 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 9 October 2012.
- ^History of VicepresidencyArchivedOctober 25, 2008, at theWayback Machine